Tag: Beauty

Something I’ve been meaning to do for a while is get better with hair. For those that don’t know I wear a wig because Alopecia struck during my very early 20s. So I don’t have a natural base of hair to work from. Since first coming out I’ve tended to stick with short black hair. That’s apart from a brief experiment …

I’ve been working on my makeup a bit more and building up a kit using my Younique presenter discount. There are still a few things I need to work on improving (brows!) but I’ll get there in time. To any new transwomen struggling with makeup, practice and you will get there! Products used Moisturiser: Boots Vitamin E …

I thought I’d write a positive post to offset the negativity of my last post. I had my nails and brows done by the lovely Kayleigh at Glamour Devon Make Up and Beauty. I’ve gone with colour changing shellac. When cold my nails are purple and when warm they turn blue. It looks like space with the glitter! …

I picked up an Illamasqua Liquid Metal eye shadow palette in their January sale. The palette contains gold, bronze and two silver gels housed in a compact style case with mirror. So far I’ve only used the two silvers (gold really isn’t my colour) and have been quite impressed. It goes on easily with a brush and being a gel …

My makeup is my armour, even more so being transgendered. Even on a casual day I use a lot and have tried various things to minimise the appearance unwanted facial hair from plastering myself with Pan Sticks to IPL treatment (neither of which I’d recommend!) This is what I used for my last look which not far off what I …

I think 2014 was a pretty good year for me, I travelled to some new places, attended my first outdoor festival, saw the Tour de France, met awesome new people and had a fair bit of fun in the process! My main resolution for 2015 is “Glam Up My Life” – not as in (mostly) dubious music and fashions from …

This this the first in a series of guides aimed as those that are just starting out on the transgender spectrum from the male side. I’m going to try and talk though both my beauty routine and also do how-to guides for the newbies. Everyone has to start somewhere so forgive me if these are a little too obvious. If …